Class 2 GK Worksheet: National Symbols of India
Remember (Symbol and title): Animal – tiger, bird – peacock, flower – lotus, fruit – mango, tree – banyan, river – Ganga, aquatic animal – river dolphin, heritage animal – elephant. Anthem – Jana Gana Mana (written by Rabindranath Tagore), song – Vande Mataram, motto – Satyameva Jayate, emblem – the Lion Capital of Ashoka from Sarnath. Flag: saffron on top, white in the middle, green at the bottom; the Ashoka Chakra has 24 spokes.
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- 1.🇮🇳 What is India’s national anthem? (a) Vande Mataram (b) Lion Capital of Ashoka (c) lotus (d) Jana Gana Mana
- 2.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the bottom of the Indian flag? (a) white (b) saffron (c) navy blue (d) green
- 3.🇮🇳 What do we call our three-coloured national flag? (a) Ashoka (b) Tiranga (c) Ganga (d) Kamal
- 4.True or false: “lotus” is India’s national flower. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🇮🇳 How many coloured bands (stripes) does the Indian flag have?
- 6.🇮🇳 “tiger” is India’s ___. (a) national animal (b) national anthem (c) national flower (d) national heritage animal
- 7.🇮🇳 “peacock” is India’s ___. (a) national heritage animal (b) national tree (c) national bird (d) national aquatic animal
- 8.True or false: “Vande Mataram” is India’s national song. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🦁 Our national emblem, the Lion Capital, comes from which place? (a) Jaipur (b) Sarnath (c) Agra (d) Mumbai
- 10.📜 What does “Satyameva Jayate” mean? (a) work is worship (b) might is right (c) unity is strength (d) truth alone wins
- 11.🇮🇳 “elephant” is India’s ___. (a) national anthem (b) national aquatic animal (c) national heritage animal (d) national motto
- 12.🎵 Who wrote our national anthem, Jana Gana Mana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
- 13.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national motto. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🇮🇳 What is India’s national river? (a) tiger (b) Ganga (c) Lion Capital of Ashoka (d) lotus
- 15.True or false: “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s national motto. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🇮🇳 What is India’s national motto? (a) river dolphin (b) peacock (c) lotus (d) Satyameva Jayate
- 17.🇮🇳 What is India’s national song? (a) elephant (b) Vande Mataram (c) Jana Gana Mana (d) Satyameva Jayate
- 18.True or false: “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s national anthem. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🇮🇳 What is India’s national flower? (a) banyan (b) mango (c) tiger (d) lotus
- 20.🎵 About how many seconds does it take to sing the full national anthem?
- 21.📅 On which date is India’s Independence Day? (a) 2 October (b) 14 November (c) 26 January (d) 15 August
- 22.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national heritage animal. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🇮🇳 “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s ___. (a) national tree (b) national motto (c) national river (d) national song
- 24.🇮🇳 How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra on our flag have?
- 25.🇮🇳 Which colour is in the middle of the Indian flag? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron (d) red
- 26.🇮🇳 What is India’s national bird? (a) peacock (b) lotus (c) Satyameva Jayate (d) river dolphin
- 27.🇮🇳 What colour is the Ashoka Chakra on our flag? (a) saffron (b) green (c) red (d) navy blue
- 28.🇮🇳 “mango” is India’s ___. (a) national fruit (b) national animal (c) national aquatic animal (d) national emblem
- 29.🇮🇳 What is India’s national fruit? (a) lotus (b) mango (c) banyan (d) river dolphin
- 30.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the top of the Indian flag? (a) green (b) saffron (c) white (d) navy blue
- 31.🇮🇳 “Lion Capital of Ashoka” is India’s ___. (a) national fruit (b) national song (c) national anthem (d) national emblem
- 32.🇮🇳 What is India’s national heritage animal? (a) river dolphin (b) tiger (c) elephant (d) banyan
- 33.🙏 Who is called the Father of the Nation in India? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Mahatma Gandhi
- 34.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national emblem. (a) False (b) True
- 35.📅 On which date is India’s Republic Day? (a) 26 January (b) 2 October (c) 15 August (d) 5 June
- 36.True or false: “lotus” is India’s national anthem. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national aquatic animal. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🇮🇳 What is India’s national animal? (a) Satyameva Jayate (b) tiger (c) Lion Capital of Ashoka (d) Vande Mataram
- 39.True or false: “tiger” is India’s national flower. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: “banyan” is India’s national fruit. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- Jana Gana Mana
- green
- Tiranga
- True
- 3
- national animal
- national bird
- True
- Sarnath
- truth alone wins
- national heritage animal
- Rabindranath Tagore
- False
- Ganga
- True
- Satyameva Jayate
- Vande Mataram
- False
- lotus
- 52
- 15 August
- True
- national motto
- 24
- white
- peacock
- navy blue
- national fruit
- mango
- saffron
- national emblem
- elephant
- Mahatma Gandhi
- False
- 26 January
- False
- False
- tiger
- False
- False
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